Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins With ‘Spin the Wheel’ Premiere

Fox won the top spot in Thursday ratings, a couple unscripted shows pacing the net. Fox’s 0.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and 4 share beat the 0.7/4 that ABC got.

Fox had MasterChef up 17% at 0.7 and the premiere of Spin the Wheel at 0.8. Justin Timberlake executive produces Spin the Wheel and Dax Shepard hosts.

ABC had three premieres: mini-golf show Holey Moley at 1.0, Family Food Fight at 0.6 and Reef Break at 0.5.

CBS and Telemundo were next at 0.5/3. CBS had repeated comedies before two Life in Pieces at 0.6 and 0.5, after last week’s 0.6. Elementary lost 20% for a 0.4.

Telemundo was paced by Betty en NY at a flat 0.5 and La Reina del Sur up a tenth of a point at 0.7.

NBC and Univision both scored a 0.4/2. NBC had repeats of The Wall and Law & Order: SVU, and Univision had Copa America soccer.

The CW got a 0.2/1. iZombie and In the Dark both scored a 0.2. iZombie was flat and In the Dark was up a tenth. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.